where did this week go?!

I have had so little time to knit this week! I'm going through withdrawl! I started a new job monday, that i LOVE LOVE LOVE. yay! But its seriously cut into my knitting time. lol. I worked on a basic black ribbed beanie for a friend today, because it was really slow and i was caught up. Im starting this nifty little bunny now for a friend thats got the most adorable little girl. Im using some rosey pink fuzzy acrylic that was from a sweater i bought (for $7!!) and frogged so i could figure out the weird cable pattern it had. It didnt have enough yardage for anything really. bc it was a very skimpy juniors medium. adn it was the only one they had or i woulda bought like 5. so i coulda duplicated it in the same wonderful yarn btu big enough for me, and then had some left over for some socks. hehe Oh! and i got my secret pals info! and i know mine is watching, so Hello secret pal. I'm so excited. ok, thats it for now, im exausted. night all.

Secret Pal 4 Q's

1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer high- and/natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? Or is it all the same to you?... i avoid red heart, but like some lion brand, like lanscapes and watercolors, but not theyre wool-ease and things like that.
2. Do you spin? Crochet? ... want to learn to spin, and can crochet, but dont if i can help it.
3. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, pets, fibers, perfume, etc.) ... not that i can think of right now.
4. How long have you been knitting? ... a year
5. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list? ... knitpicks.com and amazon.com
6. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products etc.) ... spicy, warm, flowery scents
7. Do you have a sweet tooth? ... yes
8. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? ... anything, lately its been beading (making stitch markers and things like that)
9. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD) ... most anything, it goes in cycles, right now, its classic rock and soul. and yes. my comp does.
10. What's your favorite color? Or--do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? ... turqouise. (really any blues, but especially that one), black, chocolate brown, pink, grey, red, ivory,
11. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets? ... live with my mom, and my poodle, mollie.
12. What are your life dreams? (really stretching it here, I know) ... besides wife to a fabulous husband/mother of happy well adjusted children? to be a midwife, open a birthing center, and maybe a yarn store/cafe
13. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? ... caron simply soft, enigma, ECCO superwash merino, koigu kpm, watercolors -lion brand.
14. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? ... red heart, rough anything, wool-ease
15. What is/are your current knitting obsession/s? ... cables, lace (totally inept so far though, grrr)
16. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit? ... cables, and small sweaters. (instant gratification)
17. What are you knitting right now? ... eyelash yarn shawl for my mom, cabled scarf, mittens, ribbed hat, mariah, baby zip hoodie, wide chevron scarf/shawl, and i think thats it.
18. What do you think about ponchos? ... theyre ok, if the yarn is really neat, or there is a cool lace pattern.
19. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? ... love both
20. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic? ... aluminum, preferably boye. or addi turbos
21. Are you a sock knitter? ... soon
22. How did you learn to knit? ... books
23. How old is your oldest UFO? ... may or so... i guess thats 9 mos.
24. What is your favorite animated character or a favorite animal/bird? ... shawn the sheep. and birds, bunnies, and turtles.
25. What is your favorite holiday? ... christmas
26. Is there anything that you collect? ... birds, suncatchers, lotus'

I'm starting the Matthew seaman's scarf tonight for my dad. its in a slate blue color, in a nice cushy superwash merino by ECCO that I think I'm going to be addicted to. it's in great colors, and as merino goes, isn't too pricey. I think im going to get some of the natural color and work up a pattern with some cables and a nice hood to solve my craving for mariah. but I want it to be a pullover, with one of those v necks that has a toggle closure. I also ordered a ball winder tonight when I got home. We (Candyce and Elizabeth and I) went to 3 yarns stores in Tulsa, and I didn't find one. got some nifty nubby Cotton Flamme (Crystal Palace) from String, and the merino too, just because. I might do a chevron scarf or something. I don't know. but it was cheap, and nice, so gotta love that. I'll prbly need more though. I always either get too much or not enough... Also got a turquoise lotus bowl, like the kind you find at sushi bars, and it holds the merino ball perfectly, yay Salvation Army!

new pattern

One of my UFO's is the "must have cardi" from HipKnits. Well, as usual, i cant follow directions to a 't'. I changed the gauge, significantly, to allow me to use Trendsetters Vintage and TLC Amore, bc i could only get 5 balls of Vintage and it ended up being impossible to find my color anywhere. So i used the Amore with it on 13's to get a nice cozy knit. BUT the cardi's neck line just didn't lay right w that yarn, and looked ... odd, for lack of a better word, on me. So i ripped back. (thats been happening a lot around here lately...) and i failed to mention my gauge must have changed when knitting the fronts, since it sat in my drawer for months. bc the fronts ended up overlaping more than necessary to button. it just so happed that it was enough for a wrap, so i think im going to do that now. Im trying to find the perfect neckline for it now, i cant seem to get the depth of the v quite right. but i will. And then i will have my first person sized original sweater pattern. right? bc if its a totaly diffrent gauge, and yarn, and fit and such from that pattern, even though thats what i meant it to be, its mine then right? hope so.

Ok, change of plans

So... Mariah isn't gonna work for me right now. Im not going to rip the back part that ive already done, b but she's gonna sit and mellow for awhile. Im going to finish my second mitten, hopefully CO for it tonight at stitchnbitch, and mess with the lace cap from knitty. I finally got some smaller dpn's and ive got a skein of shocking pink koigu kpm that's calling out to me. So im going to try my hand at lace. Cross your fingers for me, mine will be busy. Im going to go to Michael's first, they're beads are on sale and I need more for the stitch markers im making. A lot of the ones I got in a set a while back are messed up. Lumps in funny places and such.
more later. I'm out.

what kind of knitting needle are you?

You are pink aluminum.
Retro, straightforward and fun, you love classic
things. If they're 99 cents at Goodwill all the
better! You are moved by striking colors and
tasty morsels, and you like a stitch-n-bitch
session in the sun. Just remember, while
you're being kitschy cool, don't get too cold.
Ice cubes are best kept in your cocktails,
baby!


What kind of knitting needles are you?
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nothing too exciting

Im taking a break from mariah tonight. Im trying to finish up a few UFO's. Theres a baby hoodie ive had on needles for awhile (since august *blush*) that just needs the sleeves and hood and it will be almost done. Its in Lion Brand Watercolors (bright clouds is the color). So far its used two skeins, im about to start # 3. its turning out pretty well. When its knitted up it looks like confetti cake to me. (the white cake mix you can get that has little colored sprinkles in it...)
I cant find any picutes to show of the yarn knit up, the kind of cake im talking about OR a photo of the hoodie from the bk im using. its like i have the only one or something. But thats just how my days been. sigh.

Mariah: (my) step one done!

I finished the back piece tonight. I started with it, rather than the sleeves, because that'll be the fun part... And I wanted to save it for later, lol. I'm about to cast on for the front pieces, which, like the sleeves, I will do at the same time. The way it's looking right now, I'll have it done A LOT faster than I thought I would! I think this one might be a little too big... But I hope its just a little bit, bc if it is, I think I will steek the sides in before I seam to get some extra width out of there... I think its going to be too loose at the waist (almost for certain), and a little looser than desired at the hips because of the way it needs to stretch so the cables are visible. I have a cabled zip up hoodie that I love that I got long before I learned to knit, and I want Mariah to fit that way. But the chest is a little tighter than id like, and I wish I it was about 3 inches longer. I measured it last night, and when I compared the measurements of it to those of Mariah, I found that its several sizes smaller than what I have on the needles... BUT mine is ribbed all the way up ... It measures smaller than it fits. Its 18" lying flat, but stretches about 2 inches when its on.
Man. I wish id thought to measure my sweater before I started. :( I have a feeling I might be screwing up. I hope if I am, I can save it and make some curves all at the same time with steeking. Because I need the bust to be larger than the hips... Which is why I went with the size I did. Damn it. This is confusing, I hope not many ppl read this one, for all who do, I'm sorry for such a rambling post!

finally!

ok, secret pals 4 is starting its sign ups! quick, go check it out.

the first thing i knit

My dog, Mollie, in the first thing I ever knit. Technically the reason I started knitting. She was tiny, and she would get very cold out side, and I couldn't find a premade sweater in her size... So I made one. Out of rectangles. With a blue baby yarn and self striping fun fur held together. I knit it so tight, I cant frog it to reknit it into one that would fit her now!